{"product_id":"fire-on-the-horizon-the-untold-story-of-the-gulf-oil-disaster-isbn-9780062063007","title":"Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A phenomenal feat of journalism. . . . I tore through it like a novel but with the queasy knowledge that the whole damn thing is true.\" —Sebastian Junger, author of\u003cem\u003e The Perfect Storm \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e War\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending exclusive first-person interviews and penetrating investigative reporting, oil rig captain John Konrad and veteran \u003cem\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/em\u003ewriter Tom Shroder give the definitive, white-knuckled account of the \u003cem\u003eDeepwater Horizon\u003c\/em\u003e explosion—as well as a riveting insider’s view of the byzantine culture of offshore drilling that made the disaster inevitable. As the world continues to cope with the oil spill’s grim aftermath—with environmental and economic consequences all the more dire in a region still rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina—Konrad and Schroder’s real-time account of the disaster shows us just where things went wrong, and points the way to a safer future for us all. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eA real-life thriller in the tradition of \u003cem\u003eThe Perfect Storm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 2010 the world watched for weeks as more than 200 million gallons of crude oil billowed from a hole three miles deep in the Gulf of Mexico. Warnings of various and imminent environmental consequences dominated the news. Deepwater drilling—largely ignored or misunderstood to that point—exploded in the American consciousness in the worst way possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFire on the Horizon\u003c\/em\u003e, written by veteran oil rig captain John Konrad and longtime \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e journalist Tom Shroder, recounts in vivid detail the life of the rig itself, from its construction in South Korea in the year 2000 to its improbable journey around the world to its disastrous end, and reveals the day-to-day lives, struggles, and ambitions of those who called it home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the little-known maritime colleges to Transocean's training schools and Houston headquarters to the small towns all over the country where the wives and children of the Horizon's crew lived in the ever-present shadow of risk hundreds of miles away, \u003cem\u003eFire on the Horizon\u003c\/em\u003e offers full-scale portraits of the Horizon's captain, its chief mate, its chief mechanic, and others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat emerges is a white-knuckled chronicle of engineering hubris at odds with the earth itself, an unusual manifestation of corporate greed and the unforgettable heroism of the men and women on board the Deepwater Horizon. Here is the harrowing minute-by-minute account of the fateful day, April 20, 2010, when the half-billion-dollar rig blew up, taking with it the lives of eleven people and leaving behind a swath of unprecedented natural destruction. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Harrowing...the best account yet of what went wrong.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the best disaster books I’ve ever read...I tore through it like a novel but with the quesy knowledge that the whole damn thing is true. A phenomenal feat of journalism.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm and War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889187188965,"sku":"NP9780062063007","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062063007.jpg?v=1730230708","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/fire-on-the-horizon-the-untold-story-of-the-gulf-oil-disaster-isbn-9780062063007","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}